A man accused of taking a dead friend - and his ATM card - for one last night on the town in August found himself in trouble again earlier this month when Lafayette authorities say they found him drunk on the road.

Mark Rubinson, 25, is one of two men facing abuse of a corpse and identity theft charges in Denver for an alleged Aug. 27 escapade reminiscent of a much sadder version of the Weekend at Bernie's movie.

He was free on bond Sept. 19, when Lafayette police say they found him walking along Baseline Road after ditching his car, a gold Toyota Highlander reported stolen just days earlier.

Rubinson told authorities he left the vehicle on the side of the road and started walking around 4:40 a.m. after he hit a curb and flattened two of the tires, Cmdr. Gene McCausey said.

"The officer detected an overwhelming odor of an unknown alcohol coming from (Rubinson)," McCausey said. "He was unsteady on his feet, swaying back and forth."

Rubinson told cops he was headed from a trailer park to a Boulder tea house. He was arrested for suspected drunken driving, possessing stolen goods, driving without a license and driving without insurance or registration.

The arrest was first reported this afternoon by the Colorado Hometown Weekly.

Denver car dealership Rocky Mountain Eurosport reported the Highlander stolen earlier this month. But Rubinson's father later paid $12,000 cash for the vehicle, helping his son avoid theft charges in Denver, McCausey said.

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A Boulder district attorney will decide whether to drop the possessing stolen goods charge in that jurisdiction.

As for the other charges, McCausey said they're self explanatory.

"With a stolen vehicle, often you don't have proof of insurance," he said. "No registration? A lot of times in stolen cars you don't have that either."

It's unclear whether the new charges will affect Rubinson's bond status in Denver. He was released from Boulder County Jail Sept. 22 and does not appear on a list of inmates in Denver County Jail.

Rubinson and Robert Jeffrey Young, 43, are accused of putting an unresponsive Jeffrey Jarrett into the backseat of Rubinson's Lincoln Navigator around 11 p.m. on Aug. 27. The pair then allegedly drove Jarrett to a bar and a restaurant, eating and drinking on his tab, before dropping the body off at his home.

Denver police say the pair continued using Jarrett's cash card to spend $400 at strip Club Shotgun Willie's.

Young appeared briefly in Denver County Court Tuesday where a judge scheduled his arraignment for Oct. 6. Rubinson next appears in Denver Oct. 4.

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